dream in japanese wrote:
so yes...make it easier for more people to own guns and then solve that issue by arming more police officers with more guns. more guns is his solution to violence
more guns is a good solution.
mosaik wrote:The weapons are not the issue, it is the mindset of the people holding the weapons that needs to change.
mosaik wrote:Rusty wrote:magicseamonkey wrote:don't need automatic weapons either...
yet, they're allowed some places.
I'm against automatic weapons as well, save them for the military.mosaik wrote:Rusty wrote:I don't think the general public should have access to handguns. They have no use whatsoever. Rifles, shotguns, ok. They are used for hunting, it's not my sport but some enjoy it. Handguns however have no purpose for hunting and are thus useless, except for police officers. However, it is their job to enforce the law and it's a dangerous one at that sometimes, so they may need a firearm at times to protect themselves. However, the general population does not need handguns. I've said it before and I'm saying it again now.
i'll happily debate you on that.
Well I didn't say all that for my health. If I only lived with my opinion the world would be a pretty boring place. As long as we keep the debate civil, by all means please let us debate.
I just don't see how you can say that people do not have the right to every available opportunity to protect themselves from any and every threat they percieve.
Somtimes you even need a weapon to protect yourself FROM the police. The best check, in fact the only real check, on the power of the state is the number of the population that are armed.
I see a lot of posts in this thread that say something to the effect of "destroy all guns"
But of course you realize that even without guns, people have always found ways to kill eachother. A better dream would be to eliminate that desire in others to have or conquer our neighbors possesions.
The weapons are not the issue, it is the mindset of the people holding the weapons that needs to change.
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